Stratos Global Corporation has formed a joint venture company with JSAT Corporation (JSAT) to serve the mobile satellite communications needs of Japanese businesses and government agencies. The new company, called JSAT MOBILE Communications Inc. (JSAT MOBILE), will build upon the Japanese market success that Stratos has enjoyed over the past seven years. JSAT MOBILE will bring Stratos' portfolio of mobile satellite services (MSS), including Inmarsat and Iridium services, to the Japanese market. The Stratos portfolio includes a wide range of value-added services to help customers achieve optimal communications performance and cost efficiency. At a signing ceremony in Tokyo, officials of Stratos and JSAT said JSAT MOBILE will begin offering mobile satellite services later this year to end users that operate internationally. By the first quarter of 2009, JSAT MOBILE expects to receive all necessary regulatory approvals to provide its MSS portfolio for use in Japan and on Japanese-registered vessels and aircrafts. As part of its broad solution offering, JSAT MOBILE will provide MSS services made possible by the last generation of Inmarsat I-4 satellites. Those services are expected to be available worldwide, including full service capabilities in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region, starting March 1, 2009. The Inmarsat I-4 F3 satellite was successfully launched on August 19th. Once tested and operational, the I-4 F3 will form a completed constellation (together with its two sister satellites that are already in orbit) to deliver full and seamless global coverage of all the latest Inmarsat broadband mobile satellite services. Those services include BGAN, FleetBroadband and SwiftBroadband.
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